2004 PBA Fiesta Conference

Philippine basketball tournament February 2023 February 2023 2004 Fiesta Conference PBA2004_fiestaconference.png February 22 – July 7, 2004 ABC Eric Menk (Barangay Ginebra Kings) Victor Thomas (Red Bull Barako) Eric Menk (Barangay Ginebra Kings) Barangay Ginebra Kings Red Bull Barako 2005 PBA Fiesta Conference 2005 2003 Reinforced 2003 PBA Reinforced Conference 2004–05 Philippine 2004–05 PBA Philippine Cup The 2004 PBA Fiesta Conference, or known as the 2004 Gran Matador Brandy-PBA Fiesta Conference for sponsorship reasons, was tournament held by the Philippine Basketball Association and the first ever edition of the PBA Fiesta Conference.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=7qZjAAAAIBAJ&sjid=aSUMAAAAIBAJ&pg=1751%2C28297580 PBA Fiesta Conference reels off Philippine Daily Inquirer Prior to the formation of the said conference, the league had two import-laced conferences known as the PBA Commissioner's Cup (with an import height-limit of 6–8), and the PBA Governor's Cup (with an import height-limit of 6–4). However, in 2003, the two conferences were scrapped and was replaced with an Invitational tournament, with an All-Filipino local squad along with foreign teams) and an import-laced Reinforced Conference. But, in 2004, the league changed its calendar from a calendar year to a fiscal year. As a preparation for the new format, the tournament was institutionalized in 2004 as a transitional tournament. The first Fiesta Conference was played from February–July 2004.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=XFc1AAAAIBAJ&sjid=iSUMAAAAIBAJ&pg=882%2C5972793 It's Barakos against Kings for Fiesta title Philippine Daily Inquirer Opening ceremonies The muses for the participating teams are as follows: Team Muse Alaska Aces Iya Villania Barangay Ginebra Kings Belinda Bright and Maricar de Mesa Coca-Cola Tigers Iza Calzado FedEx Express Katarina Perez Purefoods TJ Hotdogs Jennylyn Mercado Red Bull Barako San Miguel Beermen Jenny Manuel Shell Turbo Chargers Michelle Estevez Sta. Lucia Realtors Talk 'N Text Phone Pals Nancy Castiglione 2004 PBA All-Star game The league held its All-Star Weekend on August 15, 2004, at the jampacked New Cebu City Coliseum, with the revived North vs South All-Stars format.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=Qlo1AAAAIBAJ&sjid=kyUMAAAAIBAJ&pg=3144%2C21129946 All-Star game in Cebu today Philippine Daily Inquirer The South All-Stars defeated the Northern selection, 130–128, in a closely fought contest. Asi Taulava and Jimmy Alapag were named co-MVP of the All-Star game. Classification round main WL PBA.ph percentage yes yes none complete SMB ALA COKE TNT RBB SLR BGK SHL FDX PF 11 7 Head-to-head differential: Alaska +41, Coca-Cola −14, Talk 'N Text −27 7 11 Head-to-head differential: Barangay Ginebra +5, Shell −5 11 7 ALA 5 13 4 14 10 8 7 11 BGK 16 2 8 10 11 7 ALA Alaska Aces Barangay Ginebra Kings Coca-Cola Tigers FedEx Express Purefoods TJ Hotdogs Red Bull Barako Shell Turbo Chargers San Miguel Beermen Sta. Lucia Realtors Talk 'N Text Phone Pals QF QF WC WC WC WC WC WC WC WC Q before green1 Advance to quarterfinal round blue1 Advance to wildcard phase Wildcard phase #eee June 5 PhilSports Arena, Pasig ABC Purefoods TJ Hotdogs 92 Coca-Cola Tigers 94 June 5 PhilSports Arena, Pasig ABC Talk 'N Text Phone Pals 105 FedEx Express 103 #eee June 6 Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City ABC Shell Turbo Chargers 82 Red Bull Barako 83 June 6 Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City ABC Sta. Lucia Realtors 105 Barangay Ginebra Kings 108 Quarterfinal round Groups +Group AGroup B#1 seeded team#2 seeded teamWinner of #4 vs #9 wildcard playoffWinner of #3 vs #10 wildcard playoffWinner of #5 vs #8 wildcard playoffWinner of #6 vs #7 wildcard playoffU.S. Pro-Am SelectionUBC Thunderbirds Group A main WL PBA.ph percentage yes yes none complete TNT RBB SMB USA 2 1 0 3 1 2 3 0 Red Bull Thunder San Miguel Beermen Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters U.S. Pro-Am Selection G SF SF Q after green1 Semifinals #eee June 9 Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City ABC Red Bull Barako 96 San Miguel Beermen 89 June 12 Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City ABC San Miguel Beermen 92 Talk 'N Text Phone Pals 104 #eee June 13 Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City ABC U.S. Pro-Am Selection 91 Red Bull Barako 101 June 16 Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City ABC Talk 'N Text Phone Pals 127 U.S. Pro-Am Selection 115 #eee June 19 Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City ABC recap Red Bull Barako 115 Talk 'N Text Phone Pals 119 June 20 Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City ABC U.S. Pro-Am Selection 104 San Miguel Beermen 106 Group B main WL PBA.ph percentage yes yes none complete COKE BGK ALA UBC 3 0 2 1 1 2 0 3 G Alaska Aces Barangay Ginebra Kings Coca-Cola Tigers UBC Thunderbirds SF SF Q after green1 Semifinals #eee June 9 Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City ABC Barangay Ginebra Kings 80 Alaska Aces 73 June 12 Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City ABC Alaska Aces 76 Coca-Cola Tigers 92 #eee June 13 Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City ABC UBC Thunderbirds 79 Barangay Ginebra Kings 110 June 16 Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City ABC recap Coca-Cola Tigers 110 UBC Thunderbirds 95 #eee June 19 Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City ABC Barangay Ginebra Kings 90 Coca-Cola Tigers 91 June 20 Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City ABC recap UBC Thunderbirds 70 Alaska Aces 90 Two guest teams participated in the tournament, the University of British Columbia men's basketball team and the US Pro-Am Selection. Both never won a single game in the quarterfinals of the tournament. Bracket Semifinals (original seed)(best-of-3) Finals(best-of-5) Third-place playoff A1 Talk 'N Text (4) 1 B2 Barangay Ginebra (7) 2 B1 Coca-Cola (3) 1 A2 Red Bull (5) 2 A2 Barangay Ginebra (7) 3 B2 Red Bull (5) 1 A1 Talk 'N Text (4) 113 B1 Coca-Cola (3) 104 Semifinals (A1) Talk 'N Text vs. (B2) Barangay Ginebra #eee June 23 Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City ABC Talk 'N Text Phone Pals 95 Barangay Ginebra Kings 100 June 25 PhilSports Arena, Pasig ABC recap Barangay Ginebra Kings 106 Talk 'N Text Phone Pals 116 #eee June 27 Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City ABC Talk 'N Text Phone Pals 103 Barangay Ginebra Kings 111 Barangay Ginebra wins series, 2–1 (B1) Coca-Cola vs. (A2) Red Bull #eee June 23 Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City ABC recap Coca-Cola Tigers 91 Red Bull Barako 87 June 25 PhilSports Arena, Pasig ABC Red Bull Barako 95 Coca-Cola Tigers 88 #eee June 27 Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City ABC Coca-Cola Tigers 91 Red Bull Barako 101 Red Bull wins series, 2–1 Third place playoff #eee June 30 Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City ABC Coca-Cola Tigers 104 Talk 'N Text Phone Pals 113 Finals 2004 Fiesta Conference Barangay Ginebra Kings Siot Tanquingcen 3 Red Bull Barako Yeng Guiao 1 June 30–July 7, 2004 Eric Menk ABC See broadcast notes 2005 2003 Reinforced 2004–05 Philippine The 2004 Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) Fiesta Conference finals was the best-of-5 basketball championship series of the 2004 PBA Fiesta Conference, and the conclusion of the conference's playoffs. Barangay Ginebra Kings and Red Bull Barako played for the 87th championship contested by the league. The Barangay Ginebra won their 5th league championship with a 3–1 series victory over Red Bull. This is their first championship since 1997 Commissioner's.Henson Joaquin M. Lucky 7 for Ginebra https://www.philstar.com/sports/2004/07/11/257095/lucky-7-ginebra 2024-03-02 Philstar.com Scores #eee June 30 Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City ABC Barangay Ginebra Kings 94 Red Bull Barako 92 July 2 Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City ABC Red Bull Barako 107 Barangay Ginebra Kings 103 #eee July 4 Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City ABC Barangay Ginebra Kings 94 Red Bull Barako 84 July 7 Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City ABC Red Bull Barako 86 Barangay Ginebra Kings 103 16,468 Barangay Ginebra wins series, 3–1 Ginebra became the lowest seed (7th seed) ever to win a PBA championship, to be followed by the San Miguel Beermen in the 2019 PBA Commissioner's Cup. Broadcast notes Game Play-by-play AnalystGame 1 Ed Picson Norman BlackGame 2 Game 3 Ed Picson Quinito HensonGame 4 Mico Halili TJ Manotoc Awards Eric Menk of Barangay Ginebra was named the Best Player of the Conference while Red Bull's Victor Thomas is the conference Best Import. References External links PBA.ph https://web.archive.org/web/20170809140619/http://www.pba.ph/ August 9, 2017 2003 PBA season PBA seasons Transitional conference 2004-05 PBA season 2003 PBA Reinforced Conference PBA conferences 2004 2004-05 PBA Philippine Cup PBA Fiesta Conference 2004